Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-30
NO. A..
NEWS IN GENERAL.
DOMESTIC,

Invitations have Ieen issned by the man
Sser of the swell riding academy at Wash
Ington, which is patronized by the leading
society people, for n grand drag hunt dnring
Christmas week. The president and Mrs.
Cleveland will follow the chase i'll n carriage.
Mrs. Cleveland is very partial to this sport.
The meet will be at Brightwood, at o'clock
started a out Quarter of mile farther on,
and run over n beautiful hunting country
with plenty of fences, bitches and low walls,
for five or six miles. The party will finish
within mile Of the start. Mr.. j. ID. Brown,
the manager Of the hunt, expects that fully
100 or 12j ladies and gentlemen will ride after
the hounds, and probably several hundred
will watch the chase from carriages At the
conclusion of the hunt fine spread will be
laid for all Lhe guests.
Testimony has been tRkcu in the petition
TO compel the Susquehannn Coal Company
10 recover the bodies of the 26 men entombed
by the caving in of the Nanticoke mine in
1885. Argument will he had Jan. g. The
case is unique one, and the result is awaited
with interest by mine owuers The relatives
of the dead men are the petitioners
Application has been made for the incor-
poration as the Postal Automatic Telegraph
Company to build lines across the continent
from New York to San Francisco, with a
capital of $1,000, 000 with authority TO in
crease TO $20,000,000.
James Elverson of Philadelphia publishes
handsome illustrated and interesting youths
paper called Golden Days. 1t finds well
come in every homo for the young folks, for
The reading is wholesome, and such literature
should be encouraged by prompt subscrip
tions If the Youngsters catch a glimpse Of
it they will find they need it as a recreation
after study hours and no moro appropriate
Christmas gift could bs made. The terms
are three dollars a year, in advance.
special from Chicago says that the syn
dictate which was to buy tho Chicago Times
has been broken up, and that Clinton A.
Snowden will manage the paper after Jan l.
He represents a number OF well known busi-
ness and newspaper mon, The purchase
price is 81 900 900 The paper will be indie.
pendent in character.
While the tug Essex wns gcing up the
North River with car lOat Of the Central
| railroad Of New Jersey in tow, the float came
in collision with the City Of Fall River, and
that steamer was bodily damaged.
The New York Herald says that Maurice
! Barrymore, the actor, administered beat
ing to Arthur Vyse, a stock broker, at an up.
town cafe. because Vysc as alleged, insulted
a lady who was dining with her husband
and Barrymore. Mr.. Vyse claims that tbh
lady was mistaken.
At SOL West Twenty .third street. New
York. lives Mrs Langtry and almost oppo-
site C354l is the house of the renowned Jake
Sharp. Every afternoon these two cesbr
ties go out driving and crowd always
| gathers. Already the commissioners have
appointed two policemen to the block, und il
is said that third has been appointed.
Natural gsA has been discovered in Chi!
oago.
fr,i,, ra1 nnnf
dent on the Minnesota and Northwestern
road.
On the night of Dec l2 Andrew Graham
a negro, living on the farm of DR.. NJ. NJ
Drake, near Smiths Grove, Ky, cut hi
wife's throat, mnicting very dangerous
wounds After committing the crime Ora
ham jumped from window, clad only il
his shirt and drawers, and fed. He made
his appearance at the house Of NJ. r. Gosson
three miles from Smiths Grove after eigh
days of exposure, hunger and horrible suffer
ing. The skin is coming off his feet in place
several inches square, and resembling soil
leather. His feet and legs are abnormalll
smaller to the knees, and amputation will b.
almost necessary.
Senator Sawyer, chairman of the Senat
postotlice committee, says he will bring til,
subject Of tho postal telegraph before tn
committee very early after the holiday re
cess, and he expresses the opinion that tht
committee will set about the study of th,
questions involved at once and in earnest
Senator Sawyer is noncommittal respecting
his own present predictions. He supported
the bills reported to the 4Sth and 10th con
crosses which looked to the establishment O
a postal telegraph system, with the co opera
tion Of private corporations, but ho does no
say that he is willing to go further.
Advices received by steamer report tina
King Kalukaua has vetoed two bil s passed
by the Hawaiian legislature one Of whic
was to abolish the Office of Governor. Tn
legislature denies the right of the king t
use the veto power, and claims that one o
the specific pledges given by Kalakaua at tn
time Of the revolution provided that h
should not interfere with legislation
lhe reform legislature held
lengthy meeting and resolved TO ask th
king to reconsider the vetoes. Advices from
Thursday island report the capture of
schoonerrigged craft by tho natives at Mar
garet bay and the murder of her crew.
Reports received from the Pan Handl
state that eight persons were frozen to deaf
in Carson county during ths recent col
snap.